(Crystal Palace – Manchester City 0-1) Manchester City and Erling Braut Haaland struggled for a long time to open up the Crystal Palace defense. A penalty scored by Yarboine was needed to catch up with league leaders Arsenal.
After 78 minutes it is rarely embarrassing Manchester city I eased it. Erling Braut Haaland He was, as on so many times before, confident from the chalk bank and ensured City picked up the all-important three points and pressed Arsenal to the top of the table.
It was an “ugly” and important match. Every match is chilling and today you can see it, so it’s great to win,” Haaland tells Viaplay after the match.
Manchester City had to dig deep to turn the game in their favour, and the winner of the match felt it on his body.
My feet hurt and my donkey hurt after the party. It was worth it so to speak. I love the fights and feel you in pain and feel alive. That’s how it should be and I’m enjoying it, says the main character.
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– Tonight, Manchester City had an “ugly win”, one of the nicest things to take with you the way it is now, said ViaPlay commentator Lars Tyranos after the end of the match, as you can watch City boss Pep Guardiola cuddle up. star forward.
– said Tjærnås You won’t find a better picture of how important this victory was than the picture of the two.
Guardiola was a pleased man, but he disagrees that the win was an “atrocious victory”.
– “Ugly win”? I won’t say that.
– The performance was great. We did a lot of great things today. I liked the way we played. Every time we come here we struggle to score goals, tell Pep Fiaplay.
But it didn’t end with smiles and hugs from Guardiola for long. Because neither Manchester City nor the host team, Crystal Palace, had much to offer in the first half.
However, after less than half an hour of play, Erling Braut Haaland had two great chances to send his team into the lead much earlier than he did, but the goal was missed.
From 7 to 8 metres, Haaland had to finish somewhat alone against Vicente Guaita in the palace cage, and was only supposed to put the ball into the net, but ended up smashing the ball over the goal.
It was the closest either team had come before the break. A trend that continued late into the second half.
– It’s not easy. It’s an 85-minute team that tries to destroy us and counter-attack. We had to try and get the coincidence our way and I think we succeeded in that,” says Haaland.
Manchester City assistant Kevin De Bruyne started off the bench for the light Blues and many may have been craving the delicate Belgian, but just as De Bruyne was due to be replaced, Ilkay Gundogan was knocked down by Michael Ulis inside the Palace box.
– It’s terribly clumsy, said Tjærnås of the penalty he gave Olise, we can probably name a crown idiot tonight there.
Hence it is safe to have a penalty kicker like Braut. The Premier League’s top scorer netted his 28th league goal of the season and ensured that Pep Guardiola and the City fans could breathe a sigh of relief.
Manchester City ranks second, two points behind Arsenal, at the top of the standings, albeit with one more game remaining.
Arsenal meets Fulham on Sunday.
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